93: Morning Bright!
These 11 early Meccan verses were
revealed after Daybreak 89 and before the
next chapter which is called Consolation
(or Relief) 94. The first two
paragraphs deal with the sense of history, while the third and fourth concern
some
of the Prophet's personal experience and spiritual striving. Here we glimpse
Muhammad's childhood; one should bear in mind that the Prophet had once
been a poor orphan boy, protected only by his extended family.
The passage shows the intimate manner in which God comforted him during
the Prophet's deep anxiety. Nicholson has a beautifully rhymed paraphrase
of this
chapter on pp. 152-3 of his Literary History! of the Arabs.